CARMEL VALLEY ---- Invisible in the first half, Preston Butlerand Dayton Boddie were models of consistency in the second half asEl Camino High rallied from an eight-point deficit to upsettop-seeded and No. 1-ranked Torrey Pines 49-46 Tuesday night in thesemifinals of the CIF San Diego Section Division I boys basketballplayoffs.

The win sent defending Division I champion El Camino (21-10) to
Saturday's championship game against Rancho Bernardo (20-11), which
beat No. 2-seeded Eastlake in Tuesday's other semifinal.

Torrey Pines finished the season 26-4.

"I'm the senior leader, and I wasn't going to go out like that,"
said Butler, who scored all 12 of his points in the second half.
"This was it. This was win or go home.

"We've been fighting all season to get back to the championship
game.

"People doubted us. People said we were immature.

"But no one outworked us."

Trailing 35-27 with 2:37 to play in the third quarter, El Camino
went on a 13-3 run ---- with Butler scoring four of those points
---- to take a 40-38 lead with 5:27 to play.

The fourth quarter turned into a free-throw shooting contest,
and El Camino hit all eight of its attempts. Butler had two and
Boddie had six in the fourth quarter as the Wildcats were 16-of-16
from the line in the game.

The game, however, came down to the final possession.

Leading 49-46 with 47 seconds to play, El Camino ran the clock
down to 11 seconds before turning the ball over on a shot-clock
violation.

Torrey Pines tried to hurry the ball into the front court under
heavy pressure, but the best shot the Falcons could get was a wild
30 footer from the top of the key at the buzzer by Nick Kerr.

"This is a heartbreaker," said Torrey Pines coach John Olive,
whose team lost to El Camino in last year's section championship
game.

"But El Camino deserved it. They're fierce competitors. They
play at a very high level.

"They pressured us, and their offensive rebounding was
tenacious."

El Camino's Chris Gorman hit four 3-pointers and led all scorers
with 16 points. Boddie added eight points and five rebounds. Butler
also contributed five rebounds.

"Preston Butler is the heart and soul of this team," El Camino
coach Jeff Jarrard said. "And he came up big. He didn't want to
lose this game.